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| The Rules and Regulations that govern the Pan Asian
Boxing Association championship match, adopted by this Association,
shall be obligatory and binding all the PABA's sanctioned matches and shall prevail
over local rules and regulations of the professional boxing bouts. |
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1. General Rules and Regulations
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The Championship bouts shall be held under the jurisdiction of the local commission
or organization legally authorized to regulate, control or supervise professional
boxing and under the Rues and Regulations of the PABA who shall designate an officer
to assure that all championship regulations of this Association are properly enforced.
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All PABA championship bouts shall be held twelve(12)
round duration.
Nevertheless, eleven(11) round duration of championship
bouts shall be granted only after due consideration for benefit of contestant.
Each round shall consist of three(3) minutes with one(1) minute rest period between
round.
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The PABA championship bouts shall be officiated by a non scoring referee and
three(3) judges who shall keep score and shall decide on the results of the bout
using the "Ten Point Score System".
In this system, the winner of each round shall be entitled to ten(10) points and
the opponent to a proportional smaller number in which the
"half(0.5)-point scoring" should be included to score round of close
margin. Under no circumstances, should the score be less than ten(10) to
seven(7).
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Incomplete round shall be scored by the judges even though the round has not
finished.
If the bout by any reason shall end during an incomplete round, which has not
lasted three minutes of the fight, and in that round one or both fighters has
received knockdown or a deduction of point(s) caused by head butt and/or penalty
or superiority of one boxer over another, the judge shall make this clear in his
score card in order to go to a Technical Decision. |
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2. Weight and Weighing
Ceremony
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The official weigh-in for a PABA championship title bout shall take place the
day prior to the bout, between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM.
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Should any of the contenders fail to make the prescribed weight at the appointed
time for the official weigh-in, each one of them, or both, shall have two(2) additional
hours to make the weight.
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If the PABA champion fail to make the weight after the additional two(2) hours
period, then he shall immediately lose the title, (this is known in boxing as
"losing the title on the scale") and the bout shall be staged as scheduled
provided that the challenger has made the prescribed weight.
If under these circumstances challenger wins the bout, he shall be recognized
as new champion, but if the champion who did not make the weight is the winner
of the bout, then the title shall be declared vacant. |
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If the champion makes the weight and the challenger fails to make it, the champion
shall retain the title even if he loses the bout.
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Should both contenders fail to make the weight after the two(2) additional
hours, the title shall be declared vacant and bout shall be staged as a non-title
match.
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The scale to be used for the official weigh-in shall be available to both boxers,
at least, two(2) hours before the official weigh-in time.
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3. Knockdown and Knockout
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A boxer shall be deemed to be "down" when any part of his body, except
his feet, makes contact with the floor of the ring, or when he hangs helplessly
over the ropes as a result of a legal blow according to a judgement of the referee.
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The protection count of eight(8) seconds after each knock down shall be mandatory.
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Three(3) knockdowns in the same round constitute an automatic knockout.
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When a boxer is knocked down, the referee shall begin the count immediately,
in loud voice, accompanied by a movement of his arm. If a knocked down boxer does
not stand up before the count of ten(10), he will be declared the loser by K.O.
(Knockout), and referee shall make it known by waving both hands.
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When a boxer is considered knockdown, the referee shall order the opponent
to go to the farthest corner of the ring to retire pointing to such corner, and
he shall immediately count the seconds taking the count from the knockdown judge.
If the boxer refuses to go to the farthest corner determined by the referee, or
does not stay there, the referee shall stop the count to the knocked down boxer
until his opponent retires to the indicated corner, and then, the referee shall
continue with the count starting from the point at which it was interrupted. |
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If a boxer knocked through the rope, out of the platform of the ring as a result
of a fair blow, he can not be helped to return to the ring by any person and,
in these cases, the count shall be of twenty(20) seconds. If the boxer is not
able to return to the ring before the 20 seconds he will be loser by K.O.
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The referee shall count the seconds to a knocked down boxer even if the bell
calling the end of the round. If the knocked down boxer fails to stand up before
the count of 10 he shall be loser by K.O. Bell can not save
a fallen boxer. |
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Blows After the Bell
If the blow is delivered at the same time the bell rings, it shall be considered
as a Legal Blow and consequently the referee shall act according to the rules,
that is, begin the count to the fallen boxer.
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If the blow is delivered accidentally
after the bell rings, so determined by the referee, and the fight could not continue,
the judges score card shall be consulted and shall be declared a winner the boxer
who is ahead in the score cards. If in these accidental cases occur before the
completion of the fourth (4th) round, the decision will be Technical draw. |
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If the blow is delivered intentionally
after the bell rings, so determined by the referee, and the fight could not continue,
the offender shall lose the bout by Disqualification, no matter in what round
the intentional blow took place.
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| 4-1 |
A PABA championship bout cannot be terminated by a low-blow since the protector
used by both boxers is considered sufficient protection to withstand any of the
so called low-blow.
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If either of the boxers throws himself
on the floor or otherwise indicates his unwillingness to continue the fight, claiming
a low-blow, the referee shall immediately begin the count, and if the claiming
boxer should not resume the fight before the count of ten(10), he shall be declared
the loser by K.O. unless the referee has determined that there was a low-blow
In case of an accidental low-blow, so determined
by the referee, he shall determine if the boxer who received the low-blow may
continue or not to fight.
If the capacity recipient of the low-blow has not been endangered as a result
of the low-blow, then the referee shall order him to resume the fight after an
interval which is subject to the referee's discretion but which shall not be longer
than five(5) minutes.
A boxer unable or unwilling to resume the fight after his maximum time limit of
five(5) minutes, he shall lose the fight by TKO, Technical Knock-Out |
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If either of the boxers deliberately and intentionally delivers illegal blows
to his opponent, he shall be penalized with a loss of points, or be disqualified,
depending on the seriousness of the fault, subjected to the referee's discretion.
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5. Injuries, Cuts or Wounds
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By fair (legal) blow
When an injury (cut) or a wound is produced by a fair (legal) blow and due its
seriousness the bout cannot continue, the injured boxer shall lose the bout by
TKO(Technical Knockout)
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By unfair (illegal) blow
The unfair (illegal) blows may be the result of intentional blows or accidental
blows;
A) Intentional blows :
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If a boxer should intentionally deliver an unfair blow to his opponent and
as result an injury or wound is produced, and due to its seriousness the injured
boxer cannot continue the fight, the boxer who intentionally delivered the unfair
blow will lose by Disqualification.
If under the same circumstances the fight is resumed, the referee shall penalize
the offender by deducting point(s) depending on the severity of the offense.
In these cases, the referee shall immediately notify, along with his deduction
of the point(s), the Supervisor and Judges that the wound was produced by an unfair
intentional blow.
If the wound get worse in subsequent rounds to the point that a suspension
of the bout is deemed necessary, the decision shall be as follows:
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Technical Draw : If the injured boxer is behind on points or even on
the score cards of the judges provided the four (4) complete rounds (12 minutes
of fight) have taken place.
Technical Decision : In favor of the injured boxer if he is ahead on the
score cards of the judges as long as the four(4) complete rounds have taken place.
In case a boxer should suffer an injury produced by himself, the referee shall
make no decision in his favor and the injury shall be considered produced by a
fair blow from his opponent |
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B) Accidental Blows :
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If the referee sees, or if after consulting with the judge, that a boxer has
been injured by an accidental blow, and as a consequence of this injury the boxer
cannot continue the fight he shall make the following decisions ;
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Technical Draw : If both boxers are even on the score cards of the
judges or if no more than the four(4) complete rounds have elapsed when the fight
is stopped.
Technical Decision : in favor of the boxer who is ahead on the score cards
of the judges as long as the four(4) complete rounds have been taken place.
Only the score of the completed rounds shall be accounted.
If under the same circumstances (accidental
blow), the fight is resumed the referee shall immediately notify the Supervisor
and the judges that the injury was produced by an accidental blow.
And, if the injury gets worse in subsequent rounds to the point that a
suspension of the fight is deemed necessary, the decision shall be:
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Technical Draw in case both boxers are equal in the score cards of
the judges or in case the four(4) complete rounds have not been taken place,
Technical Decision in favor of the boxer who is in ahead of the score cards
of the judges provided the four(4) complete rounds have taken place. |
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Cut Produced by Head Butts
By intentional head-butt
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When a cut has produced by intentional head-butting the referee must stop
the bout and deduct two(2) points to the unhurt boxer and one(1) point, at the
referee's discretion, in case that the opponent does not get cut by the
headbutt.
Decisions
If the cut is produced by an Intentional Butt and the injured boxer
is behind in the score cards the bout shall be declared Technical Draw
and in case the injured boxer is ahead in the score cards he will be the winner
by Technical Decision. |
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The referee shall exercise immediate authority, direction and control over
the fight in accordance with rules and regulations governing the title bout.
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The referee shall be the only authorized person to determine, or to decide,
whether the injuries produced by -
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-fair blows or
-intentional blows or
-accidental blows or
-head butts by intentionally or accidentally. |
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The referee shall have the authority to stop the fight and make a decision
pursuant to the regulations.
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In case a boxers suffers a cut the referee has the authority to stop the fight,
and such case he must consult with the ring physician as to whether or not to
stop the fight. The physician shall only give his advice to the referee, but,
the referee is the only authorized person who can stop the fight.
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The ringside physician may only step up to the ring, during the progress of
the fight, when asked to do so by the referee, but may step up to the ring to
examine a boxer, following his own judgement, during the intermissions between
rounds and shall inform the referee of his opinion concerning the physical condition
of any of the boxers.
The physician shall avoid any gesture or signal indicating his opinion to other
persons other than the referee because he could be erroneously interpreted by
the public or by the interested persons |
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The administration or the use of drugs or stimulants by any of the boxers,
before or drug the fight, is absolutely forbidden. Any of the boxers violating
this rules shall be subject to disqualification. The boxers, during the fight,
are only allowed to drink pure water.
The discretionary use of vaseline around the eyes shall be allowed.
However the use of grease, vaseline or any other substance on the arms, legs or
body of the boxers is forbidden. |
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Only the discretional use of hemostatics, such as adrenaline solution at -
1 x 1000, shall be allowed to control bleeding of minor cuts or lacerations suffered
by the boxers during the fight. |
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The weight of the gloves to be used in the PABA championship bouts shall be
as follows:
| from Minimumyweight up to Super Flyweight |
6 ounces |
| from Bantamweight up to Welterweight |
8 ounces |
| from Super Welterweight up to and included Heavyweight |
10 ounces |
When in the contract of the boxers the trademark is not established, the Supervisor
of the fight shall decide the glove trademark to be used. |
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In all categories the bandage shall be of no more than twelve(12) yards of
soft gauze of no more than two(2) inches wide and no more than eight(8) feet of
Surgeon's tape of no more than one(1) inch wide for each hand.
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The style of bandage shall be free provided that the knuckles of boxer's
hands are not covered by the surgeon's tape.
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12. Suspension of the
fight due to unforeseen causes
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If due to unforeseen or accidental cause it is necessary to suspend a PABA
championship bout before the end of the scheduled rounds, a Technical Decision
shall be given in favor of the boxer who is ahead on the score cards of
the judges provided that at the moment of the stop of the fight at least the four(4)
complete rounds have passed.
Should the fight be suspended before the completion of the four(4) rounds
the decision shall be Technical Draw.
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An anti-doping test will be performed after the all PABA championship bouts
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The rings to be used for the PABA championship bouts shall measure no less
than eighteen(18) feet (5.5 meter) and no more than
twenty four(24) feet (7.3 meter) long for each side between the ropes. The ring
padding shall consist of one(1) inch layer of "Ensolite Celotex Building
Board" or similar material applied over one-inch base of Celotex Building
Board or similar material.
All boxing rings must be equipped with four(4) parallel ring ropes each no less
than one(1) inch thick in diameter. |
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The genital protector and mouth protector shall be of obligatory usage to all
boxers participating to the PABA championship fights.
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When for any reason, a boxer loses the mouth protector during the bouts the
referee shall pickup the protector, without stopping the fight and without losing
sight of the fight, shall deliver or throw the protector to the seconds of the
boxer in order for them to clean it and return it as soon as possible
The referee, making good use of his judgement, shall replace the protector to
the boxer who lost it at the appropriate moment.
The boxer who, at the referee's judgement, intentionally spits out the mouth protector
shall be warned the first time, and if he continues with this action, the referee
can penalize him with point deduction through the judges. |
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Each boxer shall be allowed no more than three(3) seconds, one of which shall
be the chief second who shall be responsible for the behavior in the corner during
the fight.
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The supervisor appointed to act in a PABA championship fight is the representative
of the President of the PABA. His duties are to assist and help the local Commission
with regard to the handling of the fight, and to make sure that all the PABA championship
rules and regulations are complied with. He has full authority to take whatever
steps he may consider necessary to safeguard the good name of the Pan Asian Boxing
Association and the best interest of all concerned.
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